Birdy Altoparlante by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

Ferro Prodotti Audio · 2023

Birdy Altoparlante

by Leijing Zhou and Xin An

A' Design Award di Ferro 2023 in Prodotti Audio
CLIENT: Zhejiang University
Estimated Number of Design Views: 16,701
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About Birdy Altoparlante

Birdy è un altoparlante dotato di una levetta di comando a forma di uccellino che consente di gestire manualmente la riproduzione musicale. La parte inferiore è un diffusore di forma conica con due driver da 5W e un amplificatore in classe D a doppio canale. Un sensore joystick posto alla sommità del cono rileva il movimento della figura dell'uccellino su entrambi gli assi. Inclinando la figura in avanti o all'indietro si regola il volume, mentre spostandola a sinistra o a destra si seleziona il brano precedente o successivo. Birdy funziona anche come assistente per la casa intelligente, rispondendo ai richiami degli uccelli. Il progetto mira a creare un legame naturale ed emotivo tra le persone e la tecnologia.

About the A' Design Award di Ferro

Birdy Altoparlante ha vinto l'A' Design Award di Ferro, un riconoscimento prestigioso conferito a buoni design che soddisfano i requisiti professionali e industriali attesi da creazioni ben progettate. I vincitori di Ferro dimostrano la grande abilità, l'elevata specializzazione, la comprensione esperta e la capacità creativa dei loro creatori. Ci si aspetta che Birdy Altoparlante sia una creazione molto apprezzata, ammirata e amata, pratica e innovativa. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award di Ferro integra le migliori pratiche del settore e ha caratteristiche tecniche competenti legate a know-how e talento. Birdy Altoparlante è rispettato per la sua accuratezza ed è progettato per offrire miglioramenti della qualità della vita che aiutano a rendere il mondo un posto migliore.

Press Kit

Unique Properties: Birdy provides a more engaging way to control music playback. With its bird-shaped game stick, users can interact with their music in a unique and interesting way, making the experience feel more natural and intuitive. Designed to emulate the experience of touching and interacting with a live creature, Birdy provides a refreshing departure from traditional, lifeless speakers.
Dimensions & Packaging: The full height of the product is 316mm. The bottom cone speaker is 250mm high and the maximum diameter is 142mm.
Tags: Speaker, Emotional design, Bird, Bionics, Natural
Production Technology: The speaker features two 5W drivers with a dual-channel class D amplifier. On the top of the cone is a joystick sensor that detects the movement of the bird above it in both XY axes, thus controlling the music playback.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge of the design is how to give an emotional connection to a technological artifact. We were inspired by the interaction between humans and birds, where birds have a natural connection to music. This led us to design Birdy, a speaker that offers a more natural and intuitive way to interact with technology, bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds.
Research: People communicate emotionally with their pets and we have studied various interactions between people and their pets and found that we were inspired by the interaction between humans and bird pets, where on the one hand birds have a natural connection to music and on the other hand their physical interaction between human and birds can be extracted as a way to control the music.
Inspiration: The design of Birdy is inspired by the way bird breeders often stroke and interact with their pets. The bird is located at the top and the bottom is a conical speaker. It is designed to foster emotional connections between users and the device, creating a more natural and seamless user experience.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2021 in Qingdao and finished in September 2022 in Ningbo.
Operation Flow: Users can control their music playback by swinging the bird-shaped game stick at the top, similar to a joystick. Swinging the bird backward or forward adjusts the volume, while swinging it left or right skips to the previous or next song. Additionally, Birdy is also a smart home assistant that responds to different bird calls.
Image Credits: Xin An